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The War on Drugs: Crash Course Black American History #42

The War on Drugs: Crash Course Black American History #42

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The War on Drugs is a decades-long United States policy intended to curb illegal drug use and trafficking. Long story short: it has not worked to reduce drug use or trade, and the policy has had devastating effects, especially on communities of color. Today we'll talk about the history of the War on Drugs, what it was trying to accomplish, and how it contributed to the US as a carceral state, and the nation that imprisons more of its population than any country in the world. Video sources Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New York: New Press, 2010. Elizabeth Hinton, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. Khalil Muhammad, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. Beth Ritchie, Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America s Prison Nation (New York: New York University Press, 2012. Carly Hayden Foster, The Welfare Queen: Race, Gender, Class, and Public Opinion, 15 Race, Gender & Class 162 179 (2008
Date: 2022-07-13

Comments and reviews: 4


Thank you for this episode of Black American History. It's devastating to acknowledge these things but necessary to change our future.
Thanks to Clint! Always brilliant and eloquent, I could hear your thoughts and nuance about every topic of your interest.

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The fact we have the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world is disgraceful, and it's never stopped people from using. I speak from experience as a recovering heroin addict.
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Even if you don't explicitly mention race in a policy, you still may be making a policy about race
Why are those simple words so hard to understand for some?

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Man, your team is doing a fantastic job! It s so important that people learn the facts about how systemic racism is in this country. Peace.
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